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Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm - Second Edition

By : Bruce M. Van Horn II, Quan Nguyen
5 (1)
Book Image

Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Bruce M. Van Horn II, Quan Nguyen

Overview of this book

In the quest to develop robust, professional-grade software with Python and meet tight deadlines, it’s crucial to have the best tools at your disposal. In this second edition of Hands-on Application Development with PyCharm, you’ll learn tips and tricks to work at a speed and proficiency previously reserved only for elite developers. To achieve that, you’ll be introduced to PyCharm, the premiere professional integrated development environment for Python programmers among the myriad of IDEs available. Regardless of how Python is utilized, whether for general automation scripting, utility creation, web applications, data analytics, machine learning, or business applications, PyCharm offers tooling that simplifies complex tasks and streamlines common ones. In this book, you'll find everything you need to harness PyCharm's full potential and make the most of Pycharm's productivity shortcuts. The book comprehensively covers topics ranging from installation and customization to web development, database management, and data analysis pipeline development helping you become proficient in Python application development in diverse domains. By the end of this book, you’ll have discovered the remarkable capabilities of PyCharm and how you can achieve a new level of capability and productivity.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Basics of PyCharm
4
Part 2: Improving Your Productivity
9
Part 3: Web Development in PyCharm
15
Part 4: Data Science with PyCharm
19
Part 5: Plugins and Conclusion

PyCharm’s project files

Most IDEs have some sort of project file designed to contain project-level settings. If you’ve ever used any of Microsoft’s IDEs, you might remember folders such as .vscode for Visual Studio Code and .vs in a Visual Studio project. Java IDEs such as NetBeans and Eclipse also use a set of files to contain their project settings. PyCharm too has a set of files stored in a folder within each project, called .idea. This might seem like a strange name until you remember that JetBrains began with only one IDE project, IntelliJ IDEA. IntelliJ IDEA garnered a reputation for being the best IDE for Java development, bar none. It is so good that Google contracted with JetBrains to create Android Studio; a natural fit given Android applications are written entirely in Java. All the IDEs from JetBrains have the same lineage. They are all descendants of IntelliJ IDEA, and that’s why the project folder is called .idea. Remember—Windows users...